MARVEL's Avengers: Infinity War: Thanos: Titan Consumed

This was an excellent insight into the character of Thanos. It's focus is on the Thanos of the MCU, not the comics. If you are not as familiar with the character, it is an excellent account of the aptly named, Titan consumed. Thanos is a complicated foe, more so than many the Avengers (both individually and as a group) have encountered. I personally Think Loki was the other best foe, since both are richly textured, with many facets to their personality. Thanos is a superior intellect combined with power, strength and in his own twisted way, compassion. His original mission failed and it helped to mold him into the villain he is. This is a must read for Avengers fans giving insight into Infinity War and preparation this week for End Game. I am so looking forward to Thanos getting what he deserves from the Avengers. A well written insight. I read this book using immersion reading while listening to the audiobook. Tom Taylorson did a fantastic job on narration.

I enjoyed this book, you get to feel for this version of Thanos and his hardcore cure for overpopulation, plus it gave a little more background on Gamora & Nebula - and how Thanos found out about the infinity stones and built his army. This is not the same Thanos from Marvel Comics (who without infinity stones was still a cosmic level threat who could fist fight with Hulk or All the Avengers at once all by himself and win.) This Thanos doesn’t have a brother named Eros. This Thanos didn’t destroy his home planet, his mother & father with his bare hands. Even though they changed and depowered him for the movies, he’s still an interesting character with a sad story of doing what he believes is the best thing for the universe out of love for life.

I live in CST. I got this from my university’s mail services at around 11:00 am and got back to my apartment at around 11:05 and began reading it then. I literally just closed the book and finished reading it in its entirety 7 minutes ago as it stands right now as I am typing this (5:55 pm). It was such a great book. Easy read, and very enjoyable. Admittedly as it stands right now, I don’t think the book is Canon to the MCU, but it presents interesting information nonetheless and if you love the MCU as much as I do, then you’ll definitely enjoy this book. Also first review for any product I’ve ever ordered off this website ever. I hope it was good! 99% of the stuff I’ve ordered off here are math textbooks. I say this because I really loved this book and I hope that you, another reader, will too :) —finished and published on 11/27/2018 at about 6:06:20 CST.

This was either a five-star book, or a three-star book, so I went down the middle. There is a lot I loved about it, but also a big issue that weakened the story. Infinity War did a good job of building Thanos despite having only one film to do it in, but he was still mostly one-dimensional as an antagonist. The ultimate ecoterrorist who also loved his daughter. Liga never manages to make me sympathize with Thanos (as I did with Loki & Killmonger), but he does make him a more complex and fully formed character. The worldbuilding, the society, and Thanos’ life on Titan are all expertly crafted and take up more than half the book. It was time well spent! The book absolutely shines throughout this part. Liga goes into detail about how Titan is structured, and where the flaws are in that structure. This was the closest I felt to identifying with Thanos. The tried and true Daddy issues are his foundation, but Liga builds upon that very well with his outsider status. The people of Titan come in many hues, but not purple. That is the color of death (hello, foreshadowing!) and Titans, despite being so technologically advanced, are superstitious about it. Very realistic. I also liked how the book focuses on Thanos’ super genius intellect, which was completely set aside in the film, that further ostracizes him from his people. He reminds me of Ultron. Thanos is the only one who can see, through calculation and data analysis, what will befall his homeworld. But, his moral compass is too skewed to see how his people were sure to react, or why his “solution” is wrong. Unfortunately, the flaw in the structure here is time. The timeline of the novel feels VERY compressed - Thanos is an Eternal, but the whole story seems to take place in only 10-20 years. His exile from Titan, The Chitauri, the Fall of Titan, rise as a Warlord, Gamora – it all flies by in a rush after he leaves Titan. This is especially noticeable when Thanos just happens to fall into the lap of an army, the Chitauri, who send him straight to Warlord – do not pass go, do not collect $200. Liga made a valiant effort to make it work with the hive mind concept, but it still felt overly contrived. But, my biggest disappointment was that the Black Order received only a few throwaway sentences. They were nothing more than muscle in the film, and they get even less here. This may be a result of the book being written/marketed for Young Adults, but another few chapters would have helped. I was initially torn about the Loremaster. He was also an expeditious way to give Thanos information, but he was such a “comic book character” that I didn’t mind at all. He helped give the book a solid conclusion. Overall, I enjoyed the book. It was a great expansion of the MCU storyline. I would like to see a sequel going more in depth with Gamora and Nebula, vis a vis Thanos, and the search for the stones.

Hope they make a Thanos prequel movie soon. This was awesome. It says I have to type nine more words.

If you’re a fan of Thanos and his lore, then this is definitely a must read. I enjoyed it thoroughly. It explains a lot about his younger years. It also showcases some of his vulnerabilities.

The book is an interesting character study of Thanos in the MCU. Exploring his backstory not covered in Infinity War. It was revealed shortly before publication that the book would be non-canon. However prior it was announced to be canon. It's possible that they were concerned that parts of the book could spoil elements of A4. Or changes were made to in A4 that makes the book non-canon. For instance I don't believe that some of Titan's people didn't just leave the planet. These were a highly intelligent spacefaring people I believe that at least some managed to escape. I don't believe that they could have evacuated the entire planet but still some could have escaped. That make didn't make any sense to me in Infinity War and not in this book. I believe that believe that A4 will reveal that a small colony of Titan's people did escape. Making Thanos actions all the more tragically unesscessary.

A great book for those looking to learn even more about Thanos. I was blown away by his portrayal in the film's but was left wanting more of his character. This story gives so much depth to Thanos and allows you to understand his motives even if you can't agree with them. His genius intellect is shown brilliantly here as well.